New-York tribune., 1887-11-22
THE CITY OFFICIAL TOTE.

The official canvass of the vote of this city
shows that Colonel Grant really received about
], 200 votes more than were credited to hin
in tho earlier reports, and thus did not rur
nearly as much behind other candidates on the
Republican ticket as was then supposed. HI
was only 1862 votes behind LamorcalX
1915 behind Carmichael. and 1,47O behind
Dennison. Even in damaging q man, the
recommendation of "The Times" appears tt
be moro impotent than it was supposed to be
That any shade or sort of Mugwump support
only helps candidate toward defeat was shown
long ago.
The official plurality for the Democratic can
didate for Treasurer is but 5O.143 but the vote
for d. G.. Rollins for Justice of the Supreme
Court was 11.OsO larger than for Mr.. Car
michael, and A. r. Lawrence was but 33,51s
ahead of Rollins The vote for the Hon. John
J. Knox for City Controller was about 5000
moro than for Republican candidates on the
State ticket and Van Rensselaer, received
66.O13 votes. the plurality against him being
only 43,9O4. For De Lancey Nicoll the vote
was 10, 729 larger than for any other candidate
except Rollins, but about 4,7OO OF those may
have come from the George vote. and about
500 from the Progressive Labor vote. Colonel
Fellows, however, was little over 10000 short
of other Democratic candidates, 80 that at the
outside about ono in ten Of the Democrats in
this city were willing to uphold an official in
honestly prosecuting Democratic thieves. 1t
may be added that only about 1000 Democrats
appear to have voted for the rest Of the excellent
Republican local ticket, even so well-known
and worthy a candidate as MIR. Knox having
against him as many Democratic votes lacking
only TAT as were cast for MIR. Cook for Secre-
tary Of State. In the light of this fact it ap-
pears that not tenth of the Democrats who
did support MIR. Nicoll consented to initiate the
non partisan spirit which prompted hisnomina-
tion so far as to vote even for Mr. Knox.
The disappearance of over $4,000 votes that
were cast for Mr.. George for Mayor is abun-
dainty explained. They all went back to the
Democratic fold, excepting the $3.50 who sup
ported the Progressive Labor ticket. What
part of the remaining 81 900 George voters
were originally Republicans the returns do not
determine. In few districts, such as the
XXIst, the Republican vote was not as fully
polled as it was last year for Mayor, though i'll
fourteen of the districts it was little larger.
Tho Labor party lost this year in every Assem-
bly, District and in every district the increase
of the Democratic vote over that cast for Mr..
Hewitt last year exhibits the return or recapture
of Democratic Labor voters. Comparison OF the
Republican vote with that cast for Daniels in
1885 only makes it clear that great many
Republicans did not vote at all this year. though
it is not improbable that nearly or quite third
of the voters who adhered to Mr.. George, after
most Of their Democratic associates had alb
seconded were among the supporters OF Daniels
at the State election Of 1886. Whether they
will waste their time hereafter in hoping for
revival of independence among Democratic
laborers is for them to determine.